Frederick E. Reese, II
September 30, 2011
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Fred E. Reese II has gone fishing (probably with his brother Dick).
Fred E. Reese II was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Valentine’s Day 1949 to Fred E. Reese Sr. and Janet B. (York) Reese. He graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1968, and in 1981 received his Associate Arts Degree from Des Moines Area Community College.
Fred was a veteran of Vietnam and served his country on the U.S.S. Coral Sea.
He worked for several years for American trucking, then went into business for himself and opened a pizza restaurant with his family in Slater, IA. When he sold that business he went to work for BASCOM Truck and Automotive. Fred loved to fish and entered several Bass tournaments across the Midwest area.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Richard “Dick” Reese. Fred is survived by his sisters, Anne Schalinske of Florence, AZ, and Debra Uriel of Omaha, NE, his brother, Robert Reese of Ankeny, and his son, Fred E. Reese III of Johnston, IA
Memorial services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, October 15, 2011, at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Avenue, Des Moines, IA. A private family burial will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Lamoni, IA.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Disabled American Veterans P.O. Box 14301 Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301.
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Loy Stromberg
06/17/2013
Hi Anne: I just learned of your brothers passing. My thoughts are with you and Fred's family. Thank you and Fred for being such a long time friend of my brother Keith.
John A. Moore, Jr.
10/15/2011
Hi Freddie, Anne, Debbie and Bob I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm in Fort Dodge for my Mom's funeral and Sunday morning I'm confronted with Fred's obituary. I'm planning to attend his funeral this Saturday. Your dad and brother was very dear to me and a great friend. I assumed he'd be around for a few more years. I hope the fishing's better where he is now but he did an excellent job with everything while he was on this earth.
We've been friends since we were 17 and worked at the Country Boy. I hope I gave him as much as he gave me.
God Bless you all, John Moore
Tom Mueller, San Antonio, TX
10/12/2011
Fred was a great friend, since high school. We had some great times working to together at the Country Boy Drive-In, Walgreens and eventually Paul Revere's Pizza. I will miss him, but the memories of our times together are the things I can keep, like climbing on the roof of the restaurant to scare the night janitor at 3am, the only motorcycle I ever fell off of was the back of his, the good times spent in John Moore's basement listening to the Beatles and other stuff! There are too many stories, but so many memories. Fred your Dad was a great guy, I hope you have many of the same qualities, except for being so pig-headed!!
Carol Wilkinson
10/11/2011
We will greatly miss Fred. He was a good friend & neighbor.
Troy Robinson
10/11/2011
Fred,
I will keep you and your family in my prayers.
Ireta Frits
10/10/2011
My condolences to the family of Fred Reese II. I am a cousin of Bessie (wife of Cecil) Reese, although she was close to my mother's age. I was born and grew up in Lamoni, but have lived most of my adult life here in Albia. My parents were Clarence and Ora May (Coffelt) Martin. I had a brother Don and a sister Iris. I remember stopping in Fort Dodge to see Frederick I and his wife and little boys on our way to Don's home in Swea City. I used to visit Meredith and Deannie Reese in Lamoni and I believe that the youngest brother's name was Donnie. I seldom get back to Lamoni anymore, but my parents and many relatives are buried there in Rose Hill Cemetary. I am wondering if any of the Reese family is still living there? My husband, Richard Frits, was originally from Des Moines but was killed in action in the Philipine Islands in WWII. Was Fred II injured in Vietnam?
Ireta (Martin) Frits
420 So. 3rd St.
Albia, Iowa 52531
Robert Clausen
10/10/2011
My deepest sympathies are with all the friends and family of Fred and especially with his son Frederick Reese III. Fred will be deeply missed by all who loved him and I will always cherish with the fondest of memory our times together as childhood friends and lifelong companions. Fred will always live on in our hearts.
Gloria Van Gundy Steinberg
10/09/2011
I was so sorry to read about Fred's passing. I'll always have fond memories of all the "kids" in our neighborhood when we were growing up. Please accept my condolences.
Gloria
Linda (Ruge) Rossow
10/09/2011
Anne and family: you are in my thoughts and prayers. Sorry for your loss. Linda
Dick Bascom
10/07/2011
This is to send my sympathy to Fred's family. Fred was a faithful and loyal employee and friend at Bascom Truck and Auto for many years. I could always count on Fred to do a good job. Fred told me many times, "You're gonna miss me when I am gone." and he was right.